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a city on its knees, the city is eligible for bankruptcy. london with all the news from europe, including ukraine's prime minister with those talks the demonstrations continue. and from the ballet to being behind bars, the dancer jailed for an acid attack. french scientists have found more than ten times the level in his chest bone, but say he wasn't poisoned. al jazeera has been briefed on their study into samples taken from arafat's exhumed body, and they conclude he died from a hemorrhage in his brain. clayton swisher has the latest from pace. >> here in paris, nearly a year after yasir arafat's body was resumed, they have made available to mrs. arafat and the legal team, the results of their own report into the skeleton remains. ard cooing to the report, people who have seen it, the french are saying that arafat had brain hemorrhage and digestive infection that caused his death, they say that they are not able to affirm that chromium called his death. that of course, is at odds with what swiss scientists said where they reported finding
a city on its knees, the city is eligible for bankruptcy. london with all the news from europe, including ukraine's prime minister with those talks the demonstrations continue. and from the ballet to being behind bars, the dancer jailed for an acid attack. french scientists have found more than ten times the level in his chest bone, but say he wasn't poisoned. al jazeera has been briefed on their study into samples taken from arafat's exhumed body, and they conclude he died from a hemorrhage in...
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a judge has ruled the city of detroit is eligible for bankruptcy. >> the city may cut the pensions as well as workers. president obama is congressional democrats are trying to reshape the debate over the affordable care act. they will launch an effort to explain the benefits and why it was passed. the president is scheduled to speak in a few minutes. vice president joe biden is in japan, voicing his solidarity with the american allies. at issue china's claim they own air space over disputed islands. the u.s. will not tolerate what he calls the aggressive move, and says he will deliver that message directly to beijing. a big storm will impact much of the country in different ways over the next few days. right now bringing arctic air, and pulling warm up from the south. right in the middle we will see that storm continue to develop. as the storm really intensifies tuesday and wednesday. here is the front. two blast we will call it, and then the temperatures will really drop along the wind chill. kit be down to 20, 30, even 30 we low zero along with the snow coming down. three to six inc
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he visited the city after his release to prison in 1990. brian rooney is in los angeles and joins us from the first earchafrican methodist church. tell us more about that, and about any special services happening there today. >> he actually came here, only a few months after his release from prison, in june of 1990. and nelson mandela was always kind of a focus. this was one of the leading churches in all of los angeles. a real community center. and they always held a candle for nelson mandela during the american years of civil rights struggle, and in those years when he was in prison they felt a connection to him which was completed when he actually came here in 1990. so you can imagine what a wonderful moment that was for him. so it's a special thing for him. there is a service dedicated to nelson mandela at 10:00 ot here this morning. of course they will be remembering him all day and for many years to come. we spoke to the senior pastor here just a little while ago. >> it is awfully difficult to memorialize because a memorial would be l
he visited the city after his release to prison in 1990. brian rooney is in los angeles and joins us from the first earchafrican methodist church. tell us more about that, and about any special services happening there today. >> he actually came here, only a few months after his release from prison, in june of 1990. and nelson mandela was always kind of a focus. this was one of the leading churches in all of los angeles. a real community center. and they always held a candle for nelson...
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it is where blacks had to live because they couldn't live in the city limits. a t a lot of the people that live here work nearby. that's the promise of the new south africa, those are single family homes built by the government as promised since the aend of apartheid, they have power, you can't see them that clearly, but they have water tanks the streets have electricity, they are paved, that's the promise, this is the unfulfilled prompt, so many of the people that live in these still live in shanties, look at these things with tin roofs, there are rats going through here, this area was built in 1912 to house 70,000 people, the estimated range widely but there might be up to three-quarters of a million people here, and by the way, we are less than a couple of miles from the richest part of africa, where there are more millionaires than there are anywhere else on this continent. talk about a bifurcated economy, of have notes and haves. we are right in the middle of it right here. includes the united states, where household net worth is at a record high. but the
it is where blacks had to live because they couldn't live in the city limits. a t a lot of the people that live here work nearby. that's the promise of the new south africa, those are single family homes built by the government as promised since the aend of apartheid, they have power, you can't see them that clearly, but they have water tanks the streets have electricity, they are paved, that's the promise, this is the unfulfilled prompt, so many of the people that live in these still live in...
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there were so many people on the street, that it got lost, it got lost makes it ways to the city hall. where they were going to give his first peach. people have been waiting so long to hear one word out of this man's mouth, and he got it on on the balcony, of city hall, and gave this rambling speech, most of which was ground out by the din on the street. i think we forget all this many years on. >> you want to interview him a couple of times. over time, did he understand the impact that he had had did he understand what his legacy would be? i think as we just heard, it was his trip to new york, which i was also lucky enough to cover, ealey made him understand. i think in those first few weeks out of jail, and seeing all these people line-up to say hello to them, they were tribal leaders, that took days to get there, with little pieces of paper with different disputes that they wanted him to resolve. i think it took him a while to realize that he had this huge reach which of course, he didn't know for much of the time that he was in jail. >> on this end, in the safe the immaterial pac
there were so many people on the street, that it got lost, it got lost makes it ways to the city hall. where they were going to give his first peach. people have been waiting so long to hear one word out of this man's mouth, and he got it on on the balcony, of city hall, and gave this rambling speech, most of which was ground out by the din on the street. i think we forget all this many years on. >> you want to interview him a couple of times. over time, did he understand the impact that...
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the other issue is -- and i have been considered lucky, i have been to over 200 cities in several different countries. we don't make it easy for a homeless family to get out. so going back to the hud thing, if a family pays for their own hotel room, and they come to a service provider we have to say sorry, you aren't home legislation, go sleep in your car, go sleep outside before we can help you. the me that's pretty stupid. the other thing is -- it's called the continuum of care, which has set up for families to find help. but we don't talk to each other, nor is there availability. i am a family, i find help someplace. i hair about it, i go there, i sit there for five or six hours like it is a dental office, and even if they can't help me, they get paid by your data. it is so hard for rah homeless family to find help. >> and mark, we will get more -- >> may i jump in on this. >> sure. >> and i just wanted to sort of back that up, because i think he is making a good point about how systems are not really put in place to be responsive not only to the needs of the parent, but also the childre
the other issue is -- and i have been considered lucky, i have been to over 200 cities in several different countries. we don't make it easy for a homeless family to get out. so going back to the hud thing, if a family pays for their own hotel room, and they come to a service provider we have to say sorry, you aren't home legislation, go sleep in your car, go sleep outside before we can help you. the me that's pretty stupid. the other thing is -- it's called the continuum of care, which has set...
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but since the mi the mid 90s, after the oklahoma city bombings in 1995, congress passed laws expanding the grounds for the detention and deportation of noncitizens. for national security reasons and set up a registry for those from predominantl predominantlym countries. in 2003, the bush administration created ice, under the newly formed department of homeland security, its ten year goal was to deport every single deportable noncitizen in the country. two years later the bush administration expanded the detention of criminal prosecution of undocumented people crossing the border. >> undocumented individuals to enter our country represents an obvious homeland security act. >>> in 2006, congress passed the secure detention act, ice also promoted programs like secured communities and the criminal alien program that flagged potentially deportable immigrants. secure communities has expanded leading to a sharp rise in detentions and deportations. >> the highest number of roofnlingremovals in our histor. >> it has been another record breaking year in immigration and customs enforcement. >> mo
but since the mi the mid 90s, after the oklahoma city bombings in 1995, congress passed laws expanding the grounds for the detention and deportation of noncitizens. for national security reasons and set up a registry for those from predominantl predominantlym countries. in 2003, the bush administration created ice, under the newly formed department of homeland security, its ten year goal was to deport every single deportable noncitizen in the country. two years later the bush administration...
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you went to one of the most violent cities in america to see how technology can help us fight crime? >> that's right. i went to oakland, california which has the 5th highest crime rate and nearby richmond which is among the top 20 to look at some very innovative technology that they are looking to increase the eyes and ears of the police force on the street. so let's have a look these are streets. >> i am not violating any law. >> in two san francisco bay area cities known for crime oakland and rimmond westbound. >> but now, police in both of these cities have high tech back-ups. electronic ears listening for gunfire, 24/7. he lectronic eyes monitoring police and perps alike. even the cars on this street. officer chris tong is patrolling the streets of richmond that. ding you hear is the sound of a license plate reader. watch what happens when he passes a stolen vehicle. >> it's just triggered on an unoccupied vehicle. turn around and take a look what we've got here. >> the unoccupied vehicle was a stolen nissan sentra caught by the high-speed infrared camera, a series of computer al
you went to one of the most violent cities in america to see how technology can help us fight crime? >> that's right. i went to oakland, california which has the 5th highest crime rate and nearby richmond which is among the top 20 to look at some very innovative technology that they are looking to increase the eyes and ears of the police force on the street. so let's have a look these are streets. >> i am not violating any law. >> in two san francisco bay area cities known for...
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he is feared by many in the city. he was interior minister at one point. there is even speculation that he ran a secret prison in the city, and with arrests of those who were loyal to the former president. so big news, and it may potentially have an impact on french operations here at the moment. which they're carrying out, disarming people in the streets of this city basically stopping all vehicles, asking if they thy hand over weapons, and if they don't they threaten force. >> thousands on the streets of bangkok again today. the prime minister yingluck shinawatra said the she will one again. 150,000 people vowing to ove overthrow shinawatra. >>> after weeks of protests, the president said he's now ready to talk to the protesters. they have now have less than 24 hours to end their bloc blockadn government buildings. we have more from kiev. >> reporter: interior ministry troops gather at entrance points to independent square in kiev. protesters are facing emanant eviction from the buildings they have taken over. these aren't snowballs. they are made of pla
he is feared by many in the city. he was interior minister at one point. there is even speculation that he ran a secret prison in the city, and with arrests of those who were loyal to the former president. so big news, and it may potentially have an impact on french operations here at the moment. which they're carrying out, disarming people in the streets of this city basically stopping all vehicles, asking if they thy hand over weapons, and if they don't they threaten force. >> thousands...
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live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. a massive tribute to nelson mandela in south africa as the world says goodbye. >> general motors names the first woman to name their ne tol motors. >>> let's go to what we know from libby casey, who is live on the hill for us
live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. a massive tribute to nelson mandela in south africa as the world says goodbye. >> general motors names the first woman to name their ne tol motors. >>> let's go to what we know from libby casey, who is live on the hill for us
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in the city have a stake in this. >> diane estherbrook in the city of detroit, we thank you. >>> detroit's bankruptcy developments have wider implications for the rest of the country. in illinois lawmakers narrowly passed that state's own pension crisis. en estimated $100 billion shortfall, the worst by far for any state in the union. they pushed back the retirement age for workers using a sliding scale. retirees will see their cost of living increases replaced by portion of benefits based on the number of years worked on the job, and current workers could stop their pension plans and switch to retirement plans. the state's public sector say they will challenge the illinois law in court. >>> it affects only illinois state workers but right now pension funs for chicago city workers including police and firefighters are short of meeting their obligation by $19.5 billion. chicago mayor rob emmanuel said, the pension process is not solved until relief is brought to chicago and local government across the state. that concerned police veterans like lieutenant maloney. he joins us now from chicag
in the city have a stake in this. >> diane estherbrook in the city of detroit, we thank you. >>> detroit's bankruptcy developments have wider implications for the rest of the country. in illinois lawmakers narrowly passed that state's own pension crisis. en estimated $100 billion shortfall, the worst by far for any state in the union. they pushed back the retirement age for workers using a sliding scale. retirees will see their cost of living increases replaced by portion of...
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>> investigators are trying to determine if speed played a role in a deadly train crash in new york city. four people were killed and dozens injured when the train went off the rails on a sharp curve. >> thousands of demonstrators are camped out in key ive a day after demonstrations took a terrible turn. >> the white house says healthcare.gov is running smoothly. now it faces a new test - a rush to sign up before this month's li
>> investigators are trying to determine if speed played a role in a deadly train crash in new york city. four people were killed and dozens injured when the train went off the rails on a sharp curve. >> thousands of demonstrators are camped out in key ive a day after demonstrations took a terrible turn. >> the white house says healthcare.gov is running smoothly. now it faces a new test - a rush to sign up before this month's li
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it's like the city is trying to kill us all off. all of the people that are retired because they are not going to take care of us like they should. >> she has good reason for concern the bankruptcy judge ruled that city pensions are not protected under the state's constitution. a reversal afte of a o long held view. the impact is personal. she suffers from heart disease and has lost his eye sight and and binny is his primary caregiverrer. >> i might as well have one foot in the grave because that is where i'm heading. if i can't take care of myself anymore or him. and they cut him off, it's just like cutting my life. it's like a sigh silent killerr something. not just for me but for everyone who is trying to retire. it would be very devastating. >> the city faces a march first deadline to come up with a restructuring plan. one that will be tough decisions. it's balancing the demands of crowecreditors against the needf the city's retirees. >> there is a pain that goes around. we have to figure out how we can mediate the least amount
it's like the city is trying to kill us all off. all of the people that are retired because they are not going to take care of us like they should. >> she has good reason for concern the bankruptcy judge ruled that city pensions are not protected under the state's constitution. a reversal afte of a o long held view. the impact is personal. she suffers from heart disease and has lost his eye sight and and binny is his primary caregiverrer. >> i might as well have one foot in the...
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the city hall has become a headquarters for protestors. to take a look, enjoy food and hot drimption or even catch a -- drinks or even catch a nap. a city workers removes the carpet so it won't get damaged in these extraordinary times. how do they turn from here, turn occupation into political victory. >> translator: the way to resolve this crisis is through early presidential and parliamentary elections. this government should resign. >> pictures have emerged from sunday night that show the police were at times brutal in their treatment of protest ors and journalists. anton is a photographer, one of dozens who were beaten by riot police. he pleaded to them to stop. this is what is left of his camera. but the police were also on the receiving end. officials say 35 were hurt by protesters, some in hospital. away from city hall there are no protests, just the grim life of wirpt. tatiana is very much in favor of political change. >> we were on our knees for a long time. now it's time to wake up. i'm grateful for the protestors, i want my chil
the city hall has become a headquarters for protestors. to take a look, enjoy food and hot drimption or even catch a -- drinks or even catch a nap. a city workers removes the carpet so it won't get damaged in these extraordinary times. how do they turn from here, turn occupation into political victory. >> translator: the way to resolve this crisis is through early presidential and parliamentary elections. this government should resign. >> pictures have emerged from sunday night that...
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>> i think it is going to be by community, by the jurisdiction, by city boy city because east city has a different cost of living. here in the district of columbia, it's extremely costly to live in the nation's capitol. wages are somewhere around $35 per hour. so even at $11 and $0.50 per hour, that's less than $25,000 a year. so you would need to have another person join with you just to get to a 50,000 dollar household to be able to go out and try to find affected alan affordable housing? >> some say this tends to dampen employment and you have to increase wages to workers, you might higher fewer people. >> that isn't true. the d.c. chamber represent wal-mart. my job is to represent the general welfare of the citizens. >> same argument is made around the country? >> same argument but the counter argument is that our citizen citizens are nut making enough money to be self-sufficient. they have to go to the federal government for food stamps, for a housing voucher, energy assistant, child care on average is about $13,000 a year. if i am paying you 825 an hour, that's only about $15,000
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but what about kids in inner city neighborhoods. if you live in an economically depressed area the lunches are margin al marginal , some kid cannot afford. parents were willing to pay more but the district discouraged the process to eliminate the big food vendors to allow the smaller farm vin de vendor in. talk to us about how this has translated into real life management for families who can't afford it? >> i'm really glad you brought that up. that's what i wanted to say in response to this idea that we should empower the local and state agencies or the state school district at the local level. if we left it up to just the local schools we wouldn't have a federal system that helps with low-income families for whom the school meal whether its breakfast, lunch or boas both, e best nutrition a child could get that day. congress is proposing unbelievably deep cuts to the food stamps, now known as snap, half of whom represent children. half of the recipients of snap are children. it will be cut, the question is to what extent. the schoo
but what about kids in inner city neighborhoods. if you live in an economically depressed area the lunches are margin al marginal , some kid cannot afford. parents were willing to pay more but the district discouraged the process to eliminate the big food vendors to allow the smaller farm vin de vendor in. talk to us about how this has translated into real life management for families who can't afford it? >> i'm really glad you brought that up. that's what i wanted to say in response to...
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some fast food workers are striking in more than 100 cities. they are demanding an increase in the minimum wage, and pushing to make it easier to unionize. many are asking for $15 an hour. that's nearly twice as much as the average worker earned. raising the minimum wage will not hurt jobs. fast food chains already have a wage increase would drive up the prices. that is by far the hirest in the country. tonya mosley is in washington state with more on how families struggle to get by on low pay. >> it's 22:00, and maya molina's five hour shift at kfc is over. she is off to pick up her youngest son to day care before heading home. and with no time to take off her uniform, maya heads to the kitchen to make a snack and help her two older children with home work. >> they look to me, they don't have no one else to look to. >> for the last five years the 35-year-old single mother of three has been making $9.31 an hour. that's just under $17,000 a year. >> i'm the definition of the working poor as they say. >> maya's job helps, but doesn't cover the co
some fast food workers are striking in more than 100 cities. they are demanding an increase in the minimum wage, and pushing to make it easier to unionize. many are asking for $15 an hour. that's nearly twice as much as the average worker earned. raising the minimum wage will not hurt jobs. fast food chains already have a wage increase would drive up the prices. that is by far the hirest in the country. tonya mosley is in washington state with more on how families struggle to get by on low pay....
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these are the people who won't let their city die. >> so i had to deal with -- i have to look for the suppliers, regular suppliers of our drinks, of our meat, vegetables, that kind of stuff. i thought to myself, maybe we can just start with just offering one or two of our regular menu. >> reporter: and it's those small things which make a difference in a disaster zone, plus can-do attitude. >>> under mounting criticism and an court order a catholic church is forced to reveal a list of priests accused of molesting minors. they have made public a list of 34 clerics accused to sex abuse. allegations date back to the 1950s, though details of the suspect's aledged acts have been revealed. some of the priests have died and others have been permanently removed from the ministry. >>> next on al jazeera america where people are tracing the footsteps of nelson mandela. ♪ >>> well it's a bitterly cold day across the north central plains. bismarck feels like 22. fargo feels like negative 21, back in minneapolis, also in the negatives chilly all the way down into st. louis and omaha. and tempera
these are the people who won't let their city die. >> so i had to deal with -- i have to look for the suppliers, regular suppliers of our drinks, of our meat, vegetables, that kind of stuff. i thought to myself, maybe we can just start with just offering one or two of our regular menu. >> reporter: and it's those small things which make a difference in a disaster zone, plus can-do attitude. >>> under mounting criticism and an court order a catholic church is forced to...
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saying they weren't doing it anywhere else, you found they were doing it in half-a-dozen cities. are more going on elsewhere that you know of? >> there's a lot around the country. the a.t.f. refuses to say much to us. they refuse to discuss where these things are. you can understand that if they are ongoing. we ask for things that were concluded and they refused all freedom of information requests. so through tips and press releases we were able to cobble together a list, and we found in those six cities has a lot of people talking. >> let me bring some of those in. here are some of the tactics described in your reporting. the bur u used people and in some cases arrested them. it opened undercover drug and buying operations. it provided alcohol and marijuana for teens, encouraged gun theft by offering high prices for stolen weapons, damaged buildings like the one in milwaukee, put suspects to obtain guns bringing higher penalties in court, more elaborate guns and hired a felon to run a pensacola pawn shop to boost arrests. you described them as rogue tactics in your story. when y
saying they weren't doing it anywhere else, you found they were doing it in half-a-dozen cities. are more going on elsewhere that you know of? >> there's a lot around the country. the a.t.f. refuses to say much to us. they refuse to discuss where these things are. you can understand that if they are ongoing. we ask for things that were concluded and they refused all freedom of information requests. so through tips and press releases we were able to cobble together a list, and we found in...
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. >> activists in syria are reporting a strike ton northern city of aleppo. eastern district of niesa, near the airport. threatened rebel held positions in aleppo. >>> yrnsyrians are escaping anywhere they can including the gaza strip. welcomed over 1500 syrians. >> as far as neighbors go, ahmed thinks he's done pretty well. these two don't just live close together. they work together, too. said gave ahmed a job at his restaurant, which he's even calling syrian house. >> i don't feel a stranger here. we have the same traditions. i've got new friends, new broartsdz in gaz -- brothers in gaza, we are doing good toque. >> more than 3 million refugees have fled. including lebanon turkey jordan and egypt are taking many. but unlikely tripp to the gaza strip. this place is already overcrowded. it has high unemployment. the power goes off daily. and the constant fear of war returning, never goes away. firstly though, they feel safer here than they do in their own country and secondly when they arrive they don't go into refugee camps. they enter gaza soat. society. t
. >> activists in syria are reporting a strike ton northern city of aleppo. eastern district of niesa, near the airport. threatened rebel held positions in aleppo. >>> yrnsyrians are escaping anywhere they can including the gaza strip. welcomed over 1500 syrians. >> as far as neighbors go, ahmed thinks he's done pretty well. these two don't just live close together. they work together, too. said gave ahmed a job at his restaurant, which he's even calling syrian house....
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and he's a father figure being honored in cities large and small 1234 absolutely, del, and people here and in nelson mandela square in the rain at 7:00 in south africa, a soggy evening, but it doesn't seem to offend the crowds much. they have been coming here constantly to the many tribute centers set up around the country for nelson mandela. now this is a very ritzy mall. this is really the heart of high-end retail in the city of johannesburg, and it is in one of the richest districts in this country. as we found out today many of the people who work in this neighborhood, as you might expect live in a very different world. mandela square mall, some of the richest retail in south africa. and a short few blocks away a different story. part of the crowd of sidewalk vendors on mod street. they sell what they make seven days a week. on a good day they might make $45. on a bad day less than $300. 3--less than $3, and some days nothing. they live and create their pieces recycling street trash into instant art. they rent in single room at just $100 a month. they're keenly aware of how money f
and he's a father figure being honored in cities large and small 1234 absolutely, del, and people here and in nelson mandela square in the rain at 7:00 in south africa, a soggy evening, but it doesn't seem to offend the crowds much. they have been coming here constantly to the many tribute centers set up around the country for nelson mandela. now this is a very ritzy mall. this is really the heart of high-end retail in the city of johannesburg, and it is in one of the richest districts in this...
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. >> james from salt lake city and kansas city prepare for the mls cup. and in this league the match was a family battle. the entire league is a single business entity. >> we created the structure that allows us at a very high level to think of things that will help the game grow, and to try to avoid. >> it handles tale teams and it proves that it's working. >> i don't think you can find another soccer team in the world that can say the same thing. i believe we have one of the most competitive soccer leagues in the world. >> they're disciplined and organized and careful about how they spend money. the major league soccer has a salary cap of $3 million. >> it can't touch the pay of the three big sports. the nfl salary cap is $123 million. pro basketball, $59 million. that's per team. the entire mls league wide payroll, $89 million according to the league office with each team allowed to over pay key players. >> the reality is that money talks. and players are, you know, are working towards their livelihood. they have limited careers they want to make as mu
. >> james from salt lake city and kansas city prepare for the mls cup. and in this league the match was a family battle. the entire league is a single business entity. >> we created the structure that allows us at a very high level to think of things that will help the game grow, and to try to avoid. >> it handles tale teams and it proves that it's working. >> i don't think you can find another soccer team in the world that can say the same thing. i believe we have one...
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you visited one of the poorer sections of that city. what do the people there have to say about nelson mandela? >> well, i was in alexander township which is next to sandton, the richest place in south africa, these townships were because the black people couldn't live in the city. these townships substandard built for 70,000 people, there may be some estimates more than half a million people ru there . we saw shanties and rats running around. there were houses we had seen being built that had water, running water and hot water and electricity but there are a lot of places tony that look exactly like they would have looked in the '70s and '80s and there's a lot of disaffected people. they are sad mandela's gone but life hasn't improved for them as much as they would hoped or would have liked. >> ali tell me about the memorial service and what happens over the next few days? we know there are plenty of events lined up. >> yeah. so the memorial will be at soccer city, fmb stadium, where the world cup final was, where mandela made the last
you visited one of the poorer sections of that city. what do the people there have to say about nelson mandela? >> well, i was in alexander township which is next to sandton, the richest place in south africa, these townships were because the black people couldn't live in the city. these townships substandard built for 70,000 people, there may be some estimates more than half a million people ru there . we saw shanties and rats running around. there were houses we had seen being built...
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train went off the rails. >>> a federal judge green lights detroit's bankruptcy plan, allowing the city to cut pension plans. >>> joe biden - safety in the sky, a dispute between china and japan. >>> and a report says yasser arafat was not poisoned by radioactive polonium. it it disputes findings that there were high level
train went off the rails. >>> a federal judge green lights detroit's bankruptcy plan, allowing the city to cut pension plans. >>> joe biden - safety in the sky, a dispute between china and japan. >>> and a report says yasser arafat was not poisoned by radioactive polonium. it it disputes findings that there were high level
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city council chamber as council members inside voted to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour. >> congress' failure to act, and congress' failure to take care of those left behind not just from the recession, but as the people who make the most have done better and better, we've become a city of haves and have nots, and a country of haves and have nots. step up and make sure that people have a living wage. >> reporter: with little hope congress will raise the minimum wage t wage. in september california governor jerry brown approved a gradual rise in the state's minimum wage to $10 by 2016. last month the town of seatac in washington state raised to raise the local minimum wage to $15 an hour. the highest in the country. >> people finally will make ends meet without having to work two or three jobs with decent pay and decent benefits. this is great for the workers and the community here. >> reporter: in d.c. city council every member greed the old minimum of $8.25 an hour was too low. the question was how high to go? to $10 or $11.50? for minimum wage worker means weaning her
city council chamber as council members inside voted to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour. >> congress' failure to act, and congress' failure to take care of those left behind not just from the recession, but as the people who make the most have done better and better, we've become a city of haves and have nots, and a country of haves and have nots. step up and make sure that people have a living wage. >> reporter: with little hope congress will raise the minimum wage...
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. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. updating our breaking news from florida. a student was shot at a west orange high school out of orlando. local media are reporting that police are still searching for the gunman. a school sport spokesperson sait the student was taken to the hospital and is in criminal condition. we'll bring you more information information. >>> a mixture of calm and anguish as sandy hook dispatchers tell
. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. updating our breaking news from florida. a student was shot at a west orange high school out of orlando. local media are reporting that police are still searching for the gunman. a school sport spokesperson sait the student was taken to the hospital and is in criminal condition. we'll bring you more information information. >>> a mixture of calm and anguish as sandy hook...
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you know in the old days under apartheid blacks couldn't live in the city centers where i am now, they would come in on a daily basis. one of those outsecurities was alexandra township, now fully part of it. just beyond alexandra is the suburb of sandton, probably the richest place on the entire continent, more millionaires in sandton than anywhere else. i went, it wasn't good for 70,000 anyway, but at least double that number live there and some say maybe 3 quarter of a million people live there. there are some houses that the post-apartheid government built, they are small? they have electricity, the streets have lights, but there were shanties, where there was garbage all over the place, filth, rats, and some people have given up hope. they wanted an end to this, they wanted educational opportunities and work opportunities and training and a new house and they didn't get it. the government admits it is way behind schedule. it's got a lot of work to do but there are some people say they don't see it happening and now that nelson mandela is gone they don't see how it's ever going to h
you know in the old days under apartheid blacks couldn't live in the city centers where i am now, they would come in on a daily basis. one of those outsecurities was alexandra township, now fully part of it. just beyond alexandra is the suburb of sandton, probably the richest place on the entire continent, more millionaires in sandton than anywhere else. i went, it wasn't good for 70,000 anyway, but at least double that number live there and some say maybe 3 quarter of a million people live...
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in new york city, the roadways will improve. until then drive like there's ice on the ground because that's going to be the situation maryland to delaware aall the way to boston as well. great lakes you are going oget a bunch of snow, cuc couple of in. wisconsin, memphis, highs, 20s and 30s, across the board. it is a chilly day ahead with more moisture on the way and more freezing drizzle in spots. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's headlines. defense secretary chuck hagel has arrived in afghanistan. the trip is part of a six day trip to the middle east. met with troops in afghanistan and bahrain and spoke about keeping u.s. soldiers in that region. >>> thousands are rallying in bangkok as the crisis deepens in thailand. the prime minister suddenly dissolved parliament and calling for new elections. earlier the country's main opposition party resigned from congress. >>> the demonstration erupted
in new york city, the roadways will improve. until then drive like there's ice on the ground because that's going to be the situation maryland to delaware aall the way to boston as well. great lakes you are going oget a bunch of snow, cuc couple of in. wisconsin, memphis, highs, 20s and 30s, across the board. it is a chilly day ahead with more moisture on the way and more freezing drizzle in spots. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's headlines. defense...
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how soon before detroit is a better city? a city that people want to move to? a city that just doesn't feel safe, but is actually safe? how soon before detroit is relatively back on its feet in your honest opinion? >> okay. honest opinion, two things i said, i think downtown, and in some areas you are already seeing that. downtown has a 97% lease rate. you couldn't move here if you wanted to, and you are seeing a tremendous amount of construction and interest into the city. the real issue is how do the other neighborhoods feel? and that's why we're so focused on dealing with blight issues, policing, garbage collection and so on and so forth. but something that attorney general holder said a month or so ago, one of the things we need to do is recognize first and foremost that we have been marching our way here for 60 years. there were no computers during that time. it's going to take some time for us to big ourselves out of this predicament city wide. so what i would ask is there be some gain in terms of dealing with the time frame that is involved to deal with
how soon before detroit is a better city? a city that people want to move to? a city that just doesn't feel safe, but is actually safe? how soon before detroit is relatively back on its feet in your honest opinion? >> okay. honest opinion, two things i said, i think downtown, and in some areas you are already seeing that. downtown has a 97% lease rate. you couldn't move here if you wanted to, and you are seeing a tremendous amount of construction and interest into the city. the real issue...
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. >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris. looking at some of the stories making news. the metro train accident, authorities are looking into what left four people dead and dozens injured. a news conference is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. >>> amazon.com president jeff bezos, indicated that the retails joint has developed a delivery method of drones, commercial use of drones is years aaway and is currently awaiting faa approval. >>> the o
. >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris. looking at some of the stories making news. the metro train accident, authorities are looking into what left four people dead and dozens injured. a news conference is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. >>> amazon.com president jeff bezos, indicated that the retails joint has developed a delivery method of drones, commercial use of drones is years aaway and is currently awaiting faa approval....
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today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a tough day for all of us here in detroit [♪ music ] >> once the nation's fourth largest city, the heart of the auto industry and the soul of american music today's detroit is a portrait of urban decay and facing a water shed moment. it is the largest municipality in u.s. history to file for bankruptcy. a federal judge ruled the city is not only insolvent but in a decisive verdict declared that pensions will be included on the chopping block. dave bing is the outgoing mayor. >> the only way we stayed alive, quite frankly, is through cuts. we c
today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a...
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fan was killed in the parking lot at the kansas city sheets. al fan was beaten into a coma outside dodgers stadium. that fan has not recovered from that. a dodgers fan was stabbed in san francisco in september. two people were shot and one was beaten unconscious at a 49ers game just two years ago. is it a growing problem? >> we don't have statistics that actually show that it might be worse than it was say, 10, 20s, 30 years ago but there are things we know. tailgating culture at professional games has made its way up from the land of colleges to the pros and that means people are arriving at the stadium five or six hours earlier and getting liquored up, there is a culture that is people who don't have tickets. they bring a radio controlled or a radio or t.v. with batteries in it and watch the game outside the stadium. and that is one of the things. alcohol is anning aggravating factor. the power of the beer lobby to make sure it keeps getting poured is another factor. another is the owners themselves. they spend so much money on security when
fan was killed in the parking lot at the kansas city sheets. al fan was beaten into a coma outside dodgers stadium. that fan has not recovered from that. a dodgers fan was stabbed in san francisco in september. two people were shot and one was beaten unconscious at a 49ers game just two years ago. is it a growing problem? >> we don't have statistics that actually show that it might be worse than it was say, 10, 20s, 30 years ago but there are things we know. tailgating culture at...
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i feel that if you have got a city, and this city warrants 10,000 passenger as year, someone will be there to fly them. if you want to get from point a to point b in the united states, you're going to be able to get there. this is a way that its a hauls worked. the free enterprise system does take over. what people fail to release the government regulations is what caused the operation. they protected the airlines from competition. they wouldn't let an airline fly where it wanted to fly or charge what it wanted to charge. the c.a.b. said no, you can't go there. you cannot charge this. there were no sales, no frequent flyer programs, no advance purchase, no refundable tickets. it wasn't until jimmy carter said let's deregulate this industry then the industry broke loose. america west is the only airline of the first wave of new airlines that cropped up right after deregulation. there has been two waves of america west is the only one that survived. the one area i look at is management. i know the management of u.s. airways. i know what they have accomplished since they merged with ame
i feel that if you have got a city, and this city warrants 10,000 passenger as year, someone will be there to fly them. if you want to get from point a to point b in the united states, you're going to be able to get there. this is a way that its a hauls worked. the free enterprise system does take over. what people fail to release the government regulations is what caused the operation. they protected the airlines from competition. they wouldn't let an airline fly where it wanted to fly or...
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>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm sunny sunny. 911 tapes display calmness at the sandy hook elementary school. and president obama discussed the gap between rich and poor. and this congress goes down known as the least productive. >>> a florida high school placed on high school after a shooting. one student has been injured at west orange high school outside of arsenal. the school's principal said student had been shot and was en route to the hospital. law enforcement officers were at the scene and they were observing all safety procedures. we'll bring you more information as we get it. >>> in a matter of just ten days the nation will mark the one year anniversary of the sandy hook massacre. today brought a painful remind reminder. prosecutors have released 911 called. al jazeera will not air those calls. >> reporter: we did listen to seven calls shortly after fires were shot inside sandy hook elementary school. a woman called the police dispatcher and said she had glimpsed someone running down the hall with a gun
>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm sunny sunny. 911 tapes display calmness at the sandy hook elementary school. and president obama discussed the gap between rich and poor. and this congress goes down known as the least productive. >>> a florida high school placed on high school after a shooting. one student has been injured at west orange high school outside of arsenal. the school's principal said student had been shot and was en route to the hospital....
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live from new york city, i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> to all south africans we can only celebrate and say thank you. >> celebrating the life of the man south africans have affectionally called madiva. and in the united states the flags are flying at half mass. >>> the new report on jobs shows growth is up and unemployment is down. >>> and a wintery mix of ice, snow and wind is causing all kinds of problems from texas to kentucky and the bad weather is headed east. >> south africa will honor nelson mandela with more than a week of memorial events. he died at the age of 95. his countrymen are grieving, but many are using his passing to celebrate a life well lived. we have the story now from johannesburg. >> reporter: it's the night of chanting for the man who they call father. father of the nation being celebrated for incredible grace, the man who transcended class and race. for south africans the day is for morning. mandiba, he was the father of the nation is it. >> they would come together and mourn. >> he might have been sicked for a long time, but people he
live from new york city, i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> to all south africans we can only celebrate and say thank you. >> celebrating the life of the man south africans have affectionally called madiva. and in the united states the flags are flying at half mass. >>> the new report on jobs shows growth is up and unemployment is down. >>> and a wintery mix of ice, snow and wind is causing all kinds of problems from texas to kentucky and the...
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city to ever enter bankcy. the city's $18 billion debt could include cutting pensions. >>> results of drug and alcohol tests on the train operator of the train that went offel rails came
city to ever enter bankcy. the city's $18 billion debt could include cutting pensions. >>> results of drug and alcohol tests on the train operator of the train that went offel rails came
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a federal judge is expected to announce whether the city is eligible for bacy protection. millions of dollars of pensions could be reduced or stripped away. one detroit man said losing his pension would mean choosing between eating or taking medication. >> after four months the federal judge will rule tuesday on whether detroit is eligible for chapter 9 the b bankruptcy. >> they made it clear before the federal judge that everything from the city's assets like masterpieces at the detroit institute of art to incur debt like retiree pensions may be up for grabs. >> to me that's robbery. >> donald smith one of some 20,000 row tir20,000 retireriese worried. >> i not asking for anything but what i earned. >> he's concerned his pension check would be stripped away or reduced making hard times even worse. >> there are days i have to make up my mind whether i'm going to eat or not. >> retirees leave that the repension funds which are $3.5 billion in the red are protected by the state constitution. it's an argument they hope the federal judge will understand in his ruling. municipa
a federal judge is expected to announce whether the city is eligible for bacy protection. millions of dollars of pensions could be reduced or stripped away. one detroit man said losing his pension would mean choosing between eating or taking medication. >> after four months the federal judge will rule tuesday on whether detroit is eligible for chapter 9 the b bankruptcy. >> they made it clear before the federal judge that everything from the city's assets like masterpieces at the...
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at city hall a little bit later today. symbolic march. this is the area where organized labor pushed an initiative that won at the a ballot work but is being recounted today. 14 miles, are you going to make that? >> i'm going to try. >> you are working at mcdonald's? >> yes. >> how long have you been working there? >> three months. >> how much do you make? >> $9.25. >> and how much would $15 an hour help you? >> it would be great. it would pay bills off and pay for school. enough to put me through school. $15 would do a lot for me. >> thank very much i really appreciate it. it's a pleasure meeting you. >> you too. >> it is very cold out here too. do you think that keep people from coming out? >> no, it's a great march and a great movement, and i think people will show up. >> all right. they say they are expecting about a hundred people to get involved with this march. stephanie. >> thanks, alan. >>> millions of people are being urged to check their pass words after several media and social media websites were hacked. the c
at city hall a little bit later today. symbolic march. this is the area where organized labor pushed an initiative that won at the a ballot work but is being recounted today. 14 miles, are you going to make that? >> i'm going to try. >> you are working at mcdonald's? >> yes. >> how long have you been working there? >> three months. >> how much do you make? >> $9.25. >> and how much would $15 an hour help you? >> it would be great. it would...
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. >> they couldn't live within the city limits proper. this is actually parts of johannesburg and a lot of the people who live here work in johannesburg or pretoria. they have got power they have, on top of the houses you can't see them that clearly but they have water tanks, hot water, the streets have electricity, the streets are paved, that's the promise. so many people who live in these town shirpships live in shantie. this area was supposed to house 90,000 people. by the way, we are less than a couple of miles from the richest part of africa where there are month millionaires than anywhere in any other part of the country. talk about haves and have nots we're right in the middle of this in postapartheid south africa. >>> the memorial service for nelson mandela, as you see live pictures of people coming to fmb stadium. 4:00 a.m. eastern, 1:00 a.m., many pacific time. >>> the weather is having a ripple affect around the area, cameras captured sheets of ice sliding right off the top of the building. and in baltimore, several schools wer
. >> they couldn't live within the city limits proper. this is actually parts of johannesburg and a lot of the people who live here work in johannesburg or pretoria. they have got power they have, on top of the houses you can't see them that clearly but they have water tanks, hot water, the streets have electricity, the streets are paved, that's the promise. so many people who live in these town shirpships live in shantie. this area was supposed to house 90,000 people. by the way, we are...
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thousands of people in the city but also thousands outside who don't have access to humanitarian assistance. >> yes, it's a desperate situation. i was at a camp today at a catholic mission, and several thousand peoples are camping out in the open. i say a little baby girl, many children, almost half of the 7,000 will be children. they have no clean water, not very much food, no toilets. so it's a very serious health hazard, and we have to get aid to them. the security situation has to approve, so it's important the forces deploy into areas to provide protection. at that camp there were only four african peacekeepers but it's also out in the rural areas. i was nine hours from here at the capital going through ghost villages with people that fled into the bush. >> reporter: many people in this country don't have access to even any shelter. they are hiding in the bush, and that is destroying their lives and their livelihood. >> there's a hidden emergency out in the remote parts of the central african republic. these villages are being burned to the ground and people are in the bush. children a
thousands of people in the city but also thousands outside who don't have access to humanitarian assistance. >> yes, it's a desperate situation. i was at a camp today at a catholic mission, and several thousand peoples are camping out in the open. i say a little baby girl, many children, almost half of the 7,000 will be children. they have no clean water, not very much food, no toilets. so it's a very serious health hazard, and we have to get aid to them. the security situation has to...
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the fact is there are serious financial problems facing the city. they have to be fixed, and the reason that i say it's the only path, it's the only effective path to fix the problem. other cities have avoided it, but what i suspect is the problem with detroit, there are too many players, the liabilities are too big, too many competing interests, and if there's any chance of fixing them, chapter 9 represents it. >> i understand the next step is the emergency manager needs to submit a plan on how detroit will come out of this. how soon might we see that plan submitted? >> according to the news reports, he proposes to file it by the end of this year, the end of this month, but usually what happens that's the beginning of the negotiations. that is the opening round, where he states his view on how to fix the financial problems. other people will negotiate with him, and usually what happens that plan will be modified if the there's a consensual resolution. >> i imagine this isn't the end of the legal challenges? >> it's the beginning of the next chapter
the fact is there are serious financial problems facing the city. they have to be fixed, and the reason that i say it's the only path, it's the only effective path to fix the problem. other cities have avoided it, but what i suspect is the problem with detroit, there are too many players, the liabilities are too big, too many competing interests, and if there's any chance of fixing them, chapter 9 represents it. >> i understand the next step is the emergency manager needs to submit a plan...
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by breaking away from east baton rouge parish and starting a new city. the city of "st. george" would encompass an unincorporated area that's home to a quarter of parish residents, making it the 5th largest city in the state. it would control and run its own schools with its own tax revenue. >> a new city for you guys, this is strictly about education? it's 100% totally about education. we didn't come into this saying we want to create the 5th largest city in louisiana, we came into this saying we want to take accountability for the schools in our area. >> but critics say st. george would take more than just accountability. a report commissioned by the baton rouge area chamber warns the break up would cost the city at large 53 million dollars, 20% of its budget. and it would futher segregate the city. baton rouge is already majority black, st. george would be a majority white by a 3 to 1 ratio. >> so now we would have white kids going to school over here on this end of the parish, white kids going to school over there on the other end of the parish, and in the middle, we
by breaking away from east baton rouge parish and starting a new city. the city of "st. george" would encompass an unincorporated area that's home to a quarter of parish residents, making it the 5th largest city in the state. it would control and run its own schools with its own tax revenue. >> a new city for you guys, this is strictly about education? it's 100% totally about education. we didn't come into this saying we want to create the 5th largest city in louisiana, we came...
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the truck was carrying cobalt 60 to a waste center when it was stolen near mexico city. we have the latest on the investigation. >> according to one of the leading officials. this is the largest amount of radioactive material that has been stolen in ma. evidence points to it not being attached because it has radioactive material. the thieves just robbed the truck, now the driver had been tied up by a group of criminals. the driver's testimony points to the fact that these people did not know about these materials. owe he said mothethe danger is n the wrong hands. whether the group was targeting this specifically, it's in an area where they control large parts of the community, so maybe they were not targeting the item. >> leader of hezbollah was gunned down outside of his home in beirut. we have more from beirut. >> in the driving rain hezbollah freedom to put to weiss one of its commanders. in life riddle was known publi publicbly, and in-depth some backgrounds in military. he had been a key figure. his plays dating back to the 80s. s thought that he played a big part i
the truck was carrying cobalt 60 to a waste center when it was stolen near mexico city. we have the latest on the investigation. >> according to one of the leading officials. this is the largest amount of radioactive material that has been stolen in ma. evidence points to it not being attached because it has radioactive material. the thieves just robbed the truck, now the driver had been tied up by a group of criminals. the driver's testimony points to the fact that these people did not...